RIP Mitchell Cole

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First man to score a competitive goal at Wembley has died aged 27:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/dec/01/mitchell-cole-wembley-dies-27

This has hit me as I recently have suffered a rhythm disturbance which is what would have killed Mitchell.

However, my heart luckily reset itself whereas Mitchell's sadly didn't. I now have an ICD fitted (like Muamba) to make sure it is dealt with quickly. Such a shame as one of these may have saved Mitchell's life.

This condition also killed Marc Vivien-Foe.

 

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Very sad news, RIP. Why didn't he have an ICD fitted? Or do they not always work?

I really don't know. The risk of sudden death is actually pretty low. In his condition it's 1% as opposed to 0.01% in healthy adults. That's still a significant difference. Maybe he wasn't considered high risk as he was still playing till recently.